Sunday, April 30, 2017

Review: To the Farthest Shores by Elizabeth Camden

Naval officer Ryan Gallagher broke Jenny’s heart six years ago when he abruptly disappeared. Now he’s returned but refuses to discuss what happened. Furious, Jenny has no notion of the impossible situation Ryan is in. With lives still at risk, he can’t tell Jenny the truth about his overseas mission—but he can’t bear to lose her again either.

My Thoughts:

There is just something special about author Elizabeth
Camden’s writing, which is why she is one of my favorite authors. Her latest release, To the Farthest Shores pulled me in with yet another unique couple.
Her heroes and heroines are not cookie cutter characters and I was very
invested in what was happening to Lt. Ryan Gallagher and Nurse Jenny
Bennett. Starting in the year 1898, Ryan
and Jenny have a whirlwind romance and quickly fall in love, planning their
ever after together. Then Ryan must
leave on assignment for the military leaving Jenny with promises of their
future together. Six years pass and
Jenny is left with only a terse letter from Ryan along with broken dreams and unfulfilled
promises.

When Ryan steps back into Jenny’s world, she is shocked and
surprised by the obvious proof of his betrayal of her and the love that she
thought was forever. There were times in this story that I wanted Jenny to
smack Ryan upside his head and other times I just wanted her to forgive him and
kiss and make up. Theirs’s was a very complex relationship and both were very
intelligent characters with pasts that were slowly unveiled to give this story
and the times they lived in such depth. I enjoyed the historical significance of some
of the agencies in the US government that were really just getting started and
the cultural differences between the United States and Japan.

This was an engrossing read for me and I cannot wait to open
another book by author Camden.

I received a copy of this book for free from the
publisher. I was not required to post a
positive review and all the views and opinions expressed are my own.